
Neither run recent versions of macOS particularly well, and they certainly aren’t good for power-hungry tasks. Each of these Macs had 4GB of RAM and much older Intel processors. Both of these machines have run-of-the-mill specs for their time. I was able to get CloudReady running on a 2014 Mac mini and a 2012 13″ MacBook Pro. Here’s how to get CloudReady up and running on an old Mac. This means that Google offers an officially sanctioned way of reviving old computers with Chrome OS.

Just last year, Google acquired Neverware, the company behind CloudReady. CloudReady isn’t a new product by any stretch, but I had always been itching to try it out. So you can run a newer OS just not the latest depending on what you currently have.Īpple removed all of the 32-bit OS code in Mountain Lion which is why you can't run it.Is there an old out-of-date Mac that you desperately miss using? Well, you’re in luck because it’s incredibly easy to install a modern version of Chrome OS on old Intel Macs for free. However, although it has a 64-bit processor, it has a 32-bit EFI and is not capable of booting into 64-bit mode.

This system can run the last version of OS X 10.7 "Lion" if upgraded to at least 2 GB of RAM.

Verify your model going to EveryMac - Lookup plugging in the last three digits of your system. While Apple's TN imply this model won't run Lion or Mountain Lion there is in fact two versions of this model group the older Core Duo and the newer Core 2 Duo.
